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.. default-domain:: mongodb
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This section describes the process for writing the entire contents of
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- your MongoDB instance to a file in a binary format. If
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- disk-level snapshots are not available, this approach
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- provides the best option for full system database backups.
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+ your MongoDB instance to a file in a binary format. If disk-level
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+ snapshots are not available, this approach provides the best option for
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+ full system database backups. If your system has disk level snapshot
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+ capabilities, consider the backup methods described in
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+ :doc:`/tutorial/backup-databases-with-filesystem-snapshots`.
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+ This page describes the following:
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+ - :ref:`backup-mongodump`
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+ - :ref:`backup-restore-dump`
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.. seealso::
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- The :doc:`/reference/mongodump` and :doc:`/reference/mongorestore`
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- documents contain complete documentation of these tools. If you
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- have questions about these tools not covered here, please refer to
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- these documents.
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+ - :doc:`/reference/mongodump`
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+ - :doc:`/reference/mongorestore`
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- If your system has disk level snapshot capabilities, consider the
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- backup methods described in :doc:`/tutorial/backup-databases-with-filesystem-snapshots`.
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+ .. _backup-mongodump:
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- Database Dump with ``mongodump``
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+ Backup a Database with ``mongodump``
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The :program:`mongodump` utility can perform a live backup of data or
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can work against an inactive set of database files.
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.. _backup-restore-dump:
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- Restore Database from Binary Dump with ``mongorestore``
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+ Restore a Database with ``mongorestore``
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The :program:`mongorestore` utility restores a binary backup created by
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:program:`mongodump`. Consider the following example command:
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